Metabus (spider) explained

Metabus is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1899.

Species

it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and French Guiana:^[1]

• Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Mexico, Guatemala
• Metabus debilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico to Ecuador
• Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Guatemala, Dominican Rep.
• Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864) (type) – Mexico to French Guiana

In synonymy:

• M. gravidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864)

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species

Notes and References

1. Gen. Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-11-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.